Link Love (vol. 6)

I didn’t write much this month, but I did read my face off, so I have a lot to share with you today as we prepare to send February on its pink, sassy way. As always, I hope you find something here that inspires and encourages you as you spring ahead into March. Be sure to enter the monthly giveaway at the end of the post for your chance to win a copy of Christine Hoover’s brand-new book, From Good to Grace: Letting Go of the Goodness Gospel. And don’t forget to visit Leigh Kramer and Emily P Freeman’s blogs for more end-of-February linky goodness!

Look around at your friends & people near you in your market who are doing BIG things. And you know what, cheer for them. Leave the competition in the ashes. Celebrate alongside them…Do everything you can to fuel someone else’s flames. And just see if you don’t feel that light in you grow brighter too.

An exquisitely written, transportive novel that tells parallel stories of two women trying to recover from the losses of a terrible fire in 1911 New York City and the fall of the twin towers on 9/11. I loved every page.

I’ve read a grand total of zero books on health in my lifetime, which made this one a perfect read-something-I-normally-wouldn’t candidate. It reinforced a lot of what I already know about nutrition & fitness but helped me better understand the science behind how and why we ought to care for our bodies. Really good stuff. Plus Cameron is just so sweet (even when talking about poop).

The older I get, the more confident I am in owning my ‘No’s’ so that I don’t burn myself out doing things (even very good things) that just shouldn’t be on my plate. This book was a great reminder and encouragement to me of the importance of creating margin in my life so that I can spend my best energy in the best places.

I read this book last summer to help me better articulate to our kids the importance of leveraging their participation in sports for God’s glory, not their own, and this month my husband started going through it with our 9- and 10-year-old sons. They are all over it. Don’t Waste Your Sports is another fantastic resource from CJ Mahaney on the topic of helping your kids (and yourself) learn to see sports as a gift from God and a means of growing in godliness.

My kids call this “roast in a bowl,” and we plan to eat it year-round instead of just in the fall and winter because it’s that good and that healthy (so long as you only stick to the meat and veggies part of this recipe and whip up a less cream-cheesy version of the mashed potatoes).

Author Christine Hoover will be stopping by here on Tuesday with some encouraging words for us, but before she does, I would love for one of you to win a copy of her new book, From Good to Grace, that launches next week.

If my approval addiction posts from last year resonated with you, or if you are just plain exhausted from trying to do enough or be good enough, this book will help you breathe a whole lot easier. The winner will be announced on Tuesday when Christine stops by with her guest post.

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I saw an interview with Cameron Diaz talking about her book & encouraging ladies to think twice before shaving intimate areas because those hairs have a purpose. I totally agree with her & glad that she’s speaking up about it. Visiting you from Crystal’s Friday Favorites linkup 🙂